Tuesday: Visual Arts Foundations (Ages 8-11)

Designed to introduce foundational concepts in a variety of media, this class gives you a taste of drawing, painting, and more. Each week we will examine different materials while building our skills, learning the vocabulary, and exploring the different tools of an artist. Concept, techniques, and a little art history will help encourage our creativity and appreciation of making and seeing art. This foundations course will build skills needed to continue on the visual arts track.

About the Teaching Artist
Aarti Mantri is a freelance artist in acrylic and mixed media paintings based in New Jersey. Art has always been a part of her since childhood; she was inspired and encouraged by her mother who is an artist in India. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Interior Design and worked for over 5 years in the field, specializing in stained glass and landscaping. Nonetheless, her passion for fine arts forced her to pursue a career as a painter. Most of her work is on canvas with various techniques and mediums that adds texture to a painting. Aarti conducts classes and workshops for children and adults, and is a certified Grumbacher Art instructor. Her goal is to train her students with the easy skills of painting at the same time encourage to use their own imagination and ideas.